squealing from cold

[saladdodger]

Originally Posted by Phil Payne

Could be a belt. Otherwise try pulling the dipstick while it's squealing.

ok, confused now......what will this do

[missfire]

Originally Posted by saladdodger

ok, confused now......what will this do

the vacuum in the crank case draws air 'past' a phooked crank oil seal, causing a noise that i'm yet to learn.. i think. until it gets oil between it (the seal) and the crank. then it stops. pulling the dip stick breaks the vacuum, i just never thought of that before... doh..

[saladdodger]

ah right ok, well im gonna video myself doing this now so i can show you incase it is what you described

[Phil Payne]

Originally Posted by missfire

the vacuum in the crank case draws air 'past' a phooked crank oil seal, causing a noise that i'm yet to learn..

You'll never forget it once you've heard it - it sounds like the worst bearing squeal on the planet but you can switch it on and off with the dipstick.

The rear crank seal lip essentially functions as a giant reed.

[saladdodger]

OK. sorry but i never filmed it as i couldnt find any batteries.

BUT, my friend came round and heard it as well, it was loud enough to hear clearly, it certainly isnt the cambelt OR any belt. Its coming from the back top part of the engine, slightly worse when rev'd, goes away after about 2 mins, cant make it doing when it warmed up.

Friend said he had exactly this on a golf and it was the secondary air injection, sounds a bit like a higher pitch hoover????

Anyone shed any light on this please.

Car runs 100% fine

[saladdodger]

almost like a boiling kettle when i think about it

[missfire]

dizzy gear or shaft bush or something. my 2.0 does it.

i've got all the sounds me..! every one of them!..

[saladdodger]

it is coming from that area.

Do i need a complete new dizzy then?

what other noises you got, im intrigued

[missfire]

lol! dunno what you need! someone will know..

noises, did someone say noises..?

well, between the two cars that see the road i've had, every knock and bang from every subframe mount, anti-roll bar bush, ball joint, top mounts etc. screaming alternator belt (was way too tight), cracked/leaking ex. manifold, tappets, brake proportioning valve arm rattling (worked its way loose from the spring somehow), screaming rad. fan (still does it!) mildly screaming dizzy, exhaust knocking off of the rear floor pan, the noise of an 'on the way out' auto box on two other 44s (one only did it in reverse, one does it all the time..), the noise (and smell)of an interior heater fan on its last legs, the noise of a door lock (click!)which is just about to stop working, an, as yet, undetermined 'pumping' noise from the engine of the 2.0 (?!?), every kind of pop and bang related to a fooked lamba probe, a current screaming on start up which i've not yet tested for, every p.a.s. pump on the four of these things i've had makes a different noise (dunno which noise is the right one), but the only noise that matters... a 10v turbo at 5-6K rpm, in third gear, on the wrong side of the road, passing long lines of trucks, tourists and motorists, saying to themselves... WTF was that..!??!?

[saladdodger]

what does the 3 speed auto box on a type 44 sound like when its on the way out dude